Standard Liege on Thursday night will receive home visiting vice Greece, Panathinaikos, in a match that will count for ranking group G of UEFA Europa League. Match scheduled to be played on stadium Maurice Dufrasne, will start at 20:00.
standard Liege
He managed to get one point at the end of the first two group matches, so that match at home to Panathinaikos will gain an even greater importance in order to preserve chances of qualification.
In the previous round of matches has moved to Ajax Amsterdam ArenA to confront, eventually lost 1-0 after a goal conceded at the end of the first half hour.
The central defender Milos Kosanovic is still in recovery following the rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and will not play in the next period.
Probable team: Gillet, Scholz, Andrade Laifis, Fai, Dossevi, Enoch, Trebel, Edmilson Junior Belfodil, Raman
Panathinaikos
Preserves theoretical chances to get qualification in the knockout stages, but will really need a hit in Belgium, given the defeats in the first two matches.
In the previous match it was close to getting a point away to Celta Vigo, but eventually lost 2-0, getting both goals after 85 minutes.
The player to the left lane Argentinian Sebastian Leto, will be the most important absence of coach Andrea Stramaccioni lot that it will move to Belgium.
Probable team: Steele, Samba, Koutroumbis, Rodrigo Moledo, Coulibaly, Ledesma, Villafane, Zeca, Lod, Berg, Ibarbo
direct meetings
Standard Liege and Panathinaikos have met most recently in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers 2014/2015 season, when the Belgians managed to qualify after a draw at home 0-0 and a decisive success in the return leg with 2- 1.
